A lot of comments about how negative we have been in the first half and the gameplan is thrown out the window and we attack in the second half

Well it may be of interest but the last few games the number of tackles we have had in the 2nd half has doubled the number of tackles in the 1st half and yet we are supposed to be playing negative football in the first half .


Strange in deed

You use this as an excuse to have Rattens gameplan explaiened?

Ok.

Its about possession... must hold possession at all times.
We use half a dizen players as lock down players... then we have 3 midfielders that have to try and create on their own... but they dont chase back that well... so cos they dont chase back defensively very well... we have half locking down and half a midfield thats trying to create...
Also cos half of them are locking down and being reactive to the opposition team... they cant zone.. and cos we do try to zone and lock down alot of our players are out of position...
Our inside fifties are bomb it to Fev... cos were only playing with 3 creative midfielders so our midfileld is playing with less creative numbers.
When we do have the ball across half back we are not supposed to take the game on.. we must slow it down at all costs and make sure we dont turn the ball over... "if we have the ball they dont have the ball and if they dont have the ball they cant score".(Adelaide Crows circa 1995/1996).. now what this means is the organised teams have time to organise defensively....
Also means with all the chipping around and attempting to share the ball with little backwards/sidewards chips our players arent running too hard.. they are looking for the cheap handball/chip receives).. its just bad conditioning.

The other bit of the ganeplan is "give it to the champ" the champ is Chris Judd.. and its the name Ratts nicknames him...
Of course the opposition teams are aware of the "Give it to the champ " gameplan.. and are ready for it... so they have 3 guys hanging of "the champ" at all times....so you often see players give the ball to Juddy no matter whats going on around him and how many opp players are dagging off Juddy(Usually results in a 4 man tackle on Judd and Juddy miraculously slipping a handball away beore being smashed)

Thats most of the gameplan.. in a nutshell...
Its remarkably complex and adventurous.

It promotes positive football... and a positive mindset..!!!

Everybody please remember these are opinions of a DANCER. A person who has never played the game, never been involved in a club as either a support staff or volunteer even, all by his won admission.

So you need to keep his comments in perspective and treat them for what they are.

Everybody please remember these are opinions of a DANCER. A person who has never played the game, never been involved in a club as either a support staff or volunteer even, all by his won admission.

So you need to keep his comments in perspective and treat them for what they are.

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I know one thing they are......they're more insightful than yours....and what does his profession have to do with it?? Maybe you can come out publicly with your craft so that we can use it as an excuse for the stuff you churn out. For mine, I'm a secondary school teacher.....please don't use that against me, you know stuff like you're on holidays all the time etc

Thankuverymuch....what's in the box?....

I know one thing they are......they're more insightful than yours....and what does his profession have to do with it?? Maybe you can come out publicly with your craft so that we can use it as an excuse for the stuff you churn out. For mine, I'm a secondary school teacher.....please don't use that against me, you know stuff like you're on holidays all the time etc

Shall I say it.........Ratten's Gameplan

I want, er, thrills, release, escapism, not too much to ask for after all the drear?

You don't think come from behind wins against teams like Freo, Sydney, North are thrilling? Especially ones where we won by less than a kick? You don't think 7 goal wins against The Bulldogs, 9 against Collingwood, 10 against the Swans aren't a good release?

You're a hard man to please, marving.

Welcome, and have fun here.

I'm not a man so that explains things!
Actually the best, most exciting win I think we've had for the year was the one against Richmond first up so maybe it was, er, too good too soon. Bulldogs win was very good, true, but the Swans seemed to be heading down anyway. Can't say I didn't enjoy that last quarter though or even a miserable looking Brent Harvey at end of last Friday's game. It's the little things ...